Audit of USAID Haiti Protecting the Righ
The sad fact that parents sell their children to orphanages and human traffickers floats between
the extreme of abuse and privilege of their community. If they need the child back for chores and
such, they get a loan and buy them back. (Disclaimer: this does not include every orphanage in
the world. Qualify where the children come from.)
In Haiti, child slaves are called Restaveks. Restaveks are divided between orphanages who operate based on international adoptions which are very expensive. International adoption increases
the value of children and young teenage woman . Unlucky restaveks are sent to the inner cities
such as Port-au-Prince. This creates a highly insecure and unstable environment where girls , no
matter what age, are abused regularly. If they run away from the family but are then found, beatings occur.
Low literacy rate, contrasting Power Distance, a collectivist culture, high Masculinity, and a
High Uncertainty Avoidance, describes this third world country, located at the foothills of the
United States of America.
Thus USAID wants to solve all problems awarding on March 5, 2012, a $22.5 million grant to
Cooperation Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) to be completed by March 4, 2017.
The objective was to provide safety and security of children, women and youth in Haiti by decreasing the incidence of human rights abuses and expanding access to treatment and care.
Usually when massively large nonprofits make these grants, the grantees issue a salary increase
for them and their employees. This grand display of generosity is thereby passed on to the
project being implemented in place-the-name-of-any-country-here. Very little is actually accomplished.
The OIG found that in the first 18 months of the program, CARE did very little. One thing you
must know: when serving a sensitive population such as Haiti's Restaveks, timely implementation is essential. Know that we are looking at the endless abuse of moving human capital from
Haiti to the Dominican Republic and back. If you look at the organizations located in Haiti near
the border, the smell of dead seafood lingers  in the air.
CARE blames the wording of the mission and every bit of excuse they could muster.
CARE did not award grants to local organizations in Haiti. Only 8 percent was distributed.
More than 50% of the communities listed in the CARE Manifesto were not targeted communities. This agrees to first hand experience finding the upper class of Haiti benefitting from programs (money) that were essentially for those in need. This happens over and over and over and
over again.
CARE was asked to "cease all program activities."
So...please Cynthia. Define a better way to handle restaveks in Haiti.
First, go there. It's a volatile state but you can bribe someone to get you beyond the safe borders
of a cloistered mission trip meant to illustrate the bounty of Haiti - get real.
Secondly, find an underserved community - mostly women only with children hanging around
that are in need. If you stay there long enough you will witness men coming from PaP dressed so
fine, who want a one night stand. Money and a night out? What women wouldn't want that?
Sadly, the child from these unions are easily discarded or die from lack of nutrition. Provide
meals for these women and children - only for them. Hire a trustworthy man to guard their site
and visit them once or twice a month. Watch the community grow.
Studies show that once women gain an ounce of confidence, they are able to get jobs, say no to
the wanderlust of man, and build their community.
How would you help Haiti with $22.5 million?
the extreme of abuse and privilege of their community. If they need the child back for chores and
such, they get a loan and buy them back. (Disclaimer: this does not include every orphanage in
the world. Qualify where the children come from.)
In Haiti, child slaves are called Restaveks. Restaveks are divided between orphanages who operate based on international adoptions which are very expensive. International adoption increases
the value of children and young teenage woman . Unlucky restaveks are sent to the inner cities
such as Port-au-Prince. This creates a highly insecure and unstable environment where girls , no
matter what age, are abused regularly. If they run away from the family but are then found, beatings occur.
Low literacy rate, contrasting Power Distance, a collectivist culture, high Masculinity, and a
High Uncertainty Avoidance, describes this third world country, located at the foothills of the
United States of America.
Thus USAID wants to solve all problems awarding on March 5, 2012, a $22.5 million grant to
Cooperation Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) to be completed by March 4, 2017.
The objective was to provide safety and security of children, women and youth in Haiti by decreasing the incidence of human rights abuses and expanding access to treatment and care.
Usually when massively large nonprofits make these grants, the grantees issue a salary increase
for them and their employees. This grand display of generosity is thereby passed on to the
project being implemented in place-the-name-of-any-country-here. Very little is actually accomplished.
The OIG found that in the first 18 months of the program, CARE did very little. One thing you
must know: when serving a sensitive population such as Haiti's Restaveks, timely implementation is essential. Know that we are looking at the endless abuse of moving human capital from
Haiti to the Dominican Republic and back. If you look at the organizations located in Haiti near
the border, the smell of dead seafood lingers  in the air.
CARE blames the wording of the mission and every bit of excuse they could muster.
CARE did not award grants to local organizations in Haiti. Only 8 percent was distributed.
More than 50% of the communities listed in the CARE Manifesto were not targeted communities. This agrees to first hand experience finding the upper class of Haiti benefitting from programs (money) that were essentially for those in need. This happens over and over and over and
over again.
CARE was asked to "cease all program activities."
So...please Cynthia. Define a better way to handle restaveks in Haiti.
First, go there. It's a volatile state but you can bribe someone to get you beyond the safe borders
of a cloistered mission trip meant to illustrate the bounty of Haiti - get real.
Secondly, find an underserved community - mostly women only with children hanging around
that are in need. If you stay there long enough you will witness men coming from PaP dressed so
fine, who want a one night stand. Money and a night out? What women wouldn't want that?
Sadly, the child from these unions are easily discarded or die from lack of nutrition. Provide
meals for these women and children - only for them. Hire a trustworthy man to guard their site
and visit them once or twice a month. Watch the community grow.
Studies show that once women gain an ounce of confidence, they are able to get jobs, say no to
the wanderlust of man, and build their community.
How would you help Haiti with $22.5 million?